Factfile of John Metcalf.
Name: John Metcalf also know as "Blind John of Knaresborough. Date of birth: 15th August 1717. Height: At the age of 21 John was over six foot tall. Town of birth: Knaresborough Childhood: John had smallpox at the age of 6 years this caused him to become blind. He could play the violin. Marriage: Dorothy Benson was John's wife, she was a shoemaker. John built a house for him and his wife. There Dorothy gave birth to a boy and his first daughter. Achievements: In 1754 John realised that there was a new method, which was a stone wagon. This was the start of the road building. He realised that the state of the roads were bad, so he contracted to build three miles of road, which would run from Minskip to Fearnsby. So he sold his wagon and began thirty years of road building. There were many problems like boggy land. He surveyed the land him self. Many special tools were used to help him to build his road like the viameter, which was used to measure the distances he was able to read this by touch. He constructed a total of about 180 miles and the estimated the cost to at least £65000. His roads which was built ran through: * Harrogate and Harewood bridge * Knaresborough and Wetherby * Wakefield, Huddersfield and Saddleworth (the Manchester road). * Bury and Blackburn with a branch to Accrington *
Dear Diary, Today John and me had a quarrel because he went to Salem without letting me know.
Dear Diary, Today John and me had a quarrel because he went to Salem without letting me know. I still have suspicion that the affair between him and Abigail has not ended just yet. My suspicion has come about due to him spending some time in Salem today and not telling me that he had even gone. When John came back I had his tea on the table as usual and he sat down without saying a word. This was when I first got suspicious. It was the way he didn't acknowledge that I had spent a lot of time on the day's tea. I only got a bit of thanks after I had told him that I had caught the rabbit and had too skin it and then cook it myself. I mentioned that he had gone to Salem, he exploded into a frenzy of that all he had wished was for us to be happy and to forget about Abigail. Dear Diary, Mary Warren revealed to John and I today that fourteen people had been arrested. She knew this because she has been appointed an official of the court. This means that she has to go into Salem everyday until the town is clean of this witchcraft nonsense. Again today I have been advising john to take his evidence to the court about Abigail telling him that the dancing in the woods and nought to do with witchcraft. John was appalled when Mary Warren told him that she shall be gone for some weeks and he cannot stop her. Hen I told John to take his evidence to the court of Salem he said but what
Why Was Rochester Castle under Siege in 1215?
Daniel Nuttall 10NO Why Was Rochester Castle under Siege in 1215 When king John first became king in 1199 he owned nearly as much land in France as he did in England. By 1204 john had lost much of his French territory, including Normandy. This was partly the fault of Richard the lionheart, who was the king before John. Richard had made his nobles in France angry because he took so much money from them and many of them were tired of being ruled by an English king. Some of these nobles thought that a man called Arthur of Brittany would be a better ruler or them than john. The people in France who did not like the idea of john as their new ruler soon went to war against him. At first things went well for john in the struggle and he captured many of his enemies, including Arthur of Brittany. After the death of Arthur the war began to go badly for john. By 1204 he had abandoned Normandy and he was forced to flee back to England. Like his father, Henry II, john spent a lot of his time arguing with the church leaders about how far the king should be able to tell the church what to do. It was unfortunate for john that the pope of the time, innocent III, was very strong-minded and thought that kings should do as he told them. When the archbishop Canterbury died in 1205, king john and the pop argued about who should get the job next. Both men were stubborn, and neither would give
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am here today to talk about a writer, philosopher and person; Iris Murdoch.
IRIS MURDOCH Ladies and Gentlemen: I am here today to talk about a writer, philosopher and person; Iris Murdoch. Ever since her first book Sartre was published in 1953 she has been the subject of discussion and now, even after her death she's still praised, and recently a biographical film of her life (Iris) was released with Kate Winslet. Over 40 years she wrote 26 novels, the last one was published just before her death in 1999 from the memory disease Alzheimer's. OK, I'm going to need some volunteers. (get a big bloke to be Iris Murdoch and others to hold up things and explain what they are) Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin. Her mother was Irish, and had trained as an opera singer. Will John Hughes Murdoch, her father, was an English civil servant. The family moved to London, where Murdoch grew up in the western suburbs of Hammersmith and Chiswick. She studied classics, ancient history, and philosophy at Somerville College, in Oxford. During World War II she was an active member of the Communist Party. From 1938 to 1942 she worked at the Treasury as an assistant principal, and then for the United Nations relief organisation UNNRA (1944-46) in Austria and Belgium. After a year without a job in London, She took up a postgraduate studentship in philosophy. In 1948 she was elected a fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford, where she worked as a tutor until 1963. Her first
Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World.
Jacey Hanson Mr. Lomeli English, P.2 October 6, 2003 In Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World, John the Savage is a combination of the two societies in which he exists. He is also an outsider in both. By having such a removed character, Huxley is able to create the perfect foil that brings out the flaws within the societies. As an outsider, John sees some of the paradoxes that exist in the New World. Upon coming to the New World, John sees religious influence in certain objects and customs although Mustapha Mond says that religion has become unnecessary. Mond claims that the society is "independent of God," (p. 233) however there are still strong undertones of religious sanctity and ritual within the society. In essence, the sign of the T that is made with reverence is the same ritual as crossing oneself with the sign of the cross. The symbolism of the T in accordance to Ford may be in honor of the assembly line and efficiency that produced the Model T. The very act of crossing oneself with a T over the stomach, as opposed to the heart, implies that the act is performed in homage to greed and desire. Another seemingly religious act is the usage of the word "Ford." As with the T, the word "Ford" is connected to Henry Ford and is used as a term of expression or blasphemy. The word is used throughout the text in the exact same context that the old society uses
Searching for Identity Through the Past.
Christina Kimerle 4/4/03 English 1106 Searching for Identity Through the Past In the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin develops his main character, John Grimes, on the basis of other characters' pasts. He reveals each character's past to the reader, and how these pasts affect the main character John in his quest for identity. Gabriel Grimes and Elizabeth Grimes, his father and mother, have the largest impact on John Grimes and his search for his own identity. John Grimes, the son of Elizabeth, is celebrating his fourteenth birthday and beginning his search for his own identity. His mother has married Gabriel Grimes, who has promised to love John like his own son. John always seems to feel as though he is not good enough for Gabriel and never able to meet his approval. Roy, Gabriel's true son, is more of a trouble-maker, but Gabriel favors Roy to John; he does not want John under the power of the Lord before his own son. Gabriel believes that Roy is the start of his royal blood-line. Gabriel, John's step-father, has a concealed past which is a major factor in Gabriel's resentment towards John. Being a preacher, Gabriel should be a good example of unconditional love, but as his past is revealed his attitude toward John becomes more understandable. Gabriel had turned to God and the church since his mother's death. Before being part of the church, Gabriel was a
It was an calm day, and John Connors found himself resting at the side of a large oak tree, admiring the beauty of the woods that surrounded him.
It was an calm day, and John Connors found himself resting at the side of a large oak tree, admiring the beauty of the woods that surrounded him. The sunless sky covered the woods over the treetops which created a canopy over his head. The crimson and auburn foliage was a magnificent sight as this was the season when the leaves had no more strength left to hold themselves onto the branch of a tree. It was the falling season. There was a gentle breeze, creating the single sound of rustling leaves. The leaves made a patchwork quilt effect on the ground that they lay upon. Layers upon layers of autumn leaves lay upon the ground along with pine needles and other flora creating a thick springy carpet to walk on. In the distance the trail that John Connors had left behind was no longer visible; a thick velvet mist was beginning to creep in encompassing the footsteps and shrouding them from human eyes. Lining the path were tall tress which stood hand in hand with one another, living their lives peacefully in the still of the forest. They seemed to be held down, giving a silent rhapsody of joy and grieving over their lost leaves. The wind was whistling with a hollow undertone, carrying the dampness with it, while playing games with the fallen leaves, swirling them around in the air and then dropping them like a pack of cards, teasing them like the bully in the playground. Along
Trapped In a Thought Storm.
TRAPPED IN A THOUGHT STORM A SHORT STORY BY MARK A. BUCHANAN The race was finally here. The World Rally Championship. Who would be crowned Rally Champion 2003? As I stepped into the drivers seat of my Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V, I heard the crowd go mad as I watched John Fitzgerald, one of the best Rally drivers in the world, and also my best friend and team mate, move up to his place in the starting line up in his Evolution VI: the newest model of the Mitsubishi Lancer. I rolled up beside him and gave him the thumbs up. Above all the chaos and loud cheers (and jeers) from the crowd I could still hear John giving me one last piece of advice "Stay tight on the shoulder until the last lap, then we break". As usual John was trying to allow me to win. Our engines ignited. The starting lights flashed on showing red, then silence until the green light flicked on and sent us off on our Championship race. The majority of the race went without a hitch until we reached the final hairpin in the last lap. I was tight on the shoulder in second place with John just in front, John gave his signal for us to break but I had already pulled out of the hairpin. Before I knew what was happening I had clipped the tail end of John's car and sent him spinning into the solid, reinforced concrete barrier. Slamming my foot down on the foot brake I spun unto the gravel and came to a
Brave New World. Lindas version of the New Mexican Savage Reservation incident.
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Linda’s version of the New Mexican Savage Reservation incident When we first got off the early rocket at the Savage Reservation, I was full of joy, excitement at the fact that I was finally going to see the Savage Reservation. I had heard lots of stories about the place and I was drawn in when the first story had started. What was more was that I was going with the man whom I was with at the time. It was a feeling I had never felt before in my life. I think the people here call it love. When we first arrived, we got given our soma rations- enough for 2 half-gramme tablets a day and we started following the directions of the Delta-Minuses. Seeing them there, mindlessly repeating the directions to us, made me sure that I definitely would not want to be a Delta-Minus or any class for that matter, Beta-Minus’ get the best of both worlds. We get very good jobs and Alpha’s are attracted to us. What could be better? The first message we heard from the Delta was that we were a good few miles away before we would even see the Savage. So we set off and progressed hill after hill, a tedious and laborious job. A few hours later, we finally arrived at the Savage Reservation at dusk. Nothing could have prepared us for what we saw at that moment. The building were no more than 2 stories high and most of them were huts. The place was full of dirt,
How does the film Witness show the clash between Amish culture and modern American culture?
How does the film Witness show the clash between Amish culture and modern American culture? Peter Weir used directorial devices to produce a piece of theatrical prominence and importance. This spiritual and social journey of a New York policeman, John Book (Harrison Ford) conveys a strong message of morality, corruption and requests understanding of the often misunderstood Amish lifestyle. From the offset this film is a significant study of the Amish and modern, urban American cultures' co-existence. The intricate plot exposes the effect of corruption on the life of an Amish child named Samuel Lapp and his mother Rachel. They leave the Amish community in Baltimore and proceed to Philadelphia in order to visit relatives. Whilst awaiting their delayed train Samuel witnesses a significant and vicious murder of a drugs officer, disclosing the corruption of two manipulative police officers (McFee and Paul) with much influence within the system. As the plot develops Samuel and his assigned detective John Book's knowledge finds them submerged in life threatening circumstances. John Book returns to the Amish community suffering ill-health due to a shoot-out with McFee. He is detained as a consequential member of the Amish. The main theme of the film is the progression of John Book's attitude and position amongst the community's citizens. The Amish sect was founded in 1512 by Swiss